The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-25
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Special Correspondence Palatka NEWS.
Mrs. d. c.. Latin arrived last night,
bringing with her an English family of
five persons. She intends TO improve her
grove here.
The Episcopal Church is holding
nightly meetings under the direction of
Rev. Charles Stewart. The building has
lately been provided with new pews.
Is it good policy-to say nothing of
good breediDg-for preacher of the
Gospel, who desires to make proselytes
of the outside barbarians, to tell them
that their infant children who have died
are in hell?
Everything seems to be at a standstill
here, just uow. The prices of oranges
keep down in the markets, offering no
inducement for the growers to pick their
fruit, and but little Is being gath cred.
We presume the cold weather has had
something to do with the present low
prices. but can hardly believe that that
is the whole cause. One thing is evident,
the amount of fruit in the State is not
now sufficient to glut the market, which
forces US to the conclusion that there are
other causes at work to produce this re-
suit. One of these causes | attribute to
the action of the Fruit Exchange in fore
ing sales by auction; that, of course,
could not be the sole cause, but is. to my
H1Iuu, u potent IdCtOT III tne present con-
diton Of the market. Forcing, as they
are, sales at any and all stages of the
several markets, thereby fixing prices
that are more or less guide for the COM
mission houses to be governed by, re
gardless of the interests of the growers
Several parties who have patronized the
Exchange express themselves as being
far from satisfied with the results, and 1t
would seem to me a matter of policy for
the Exchange to make a radical change
in their methods of selling.
In referring to the matter of a lack of
our usual winter travel, your correspond
ent has no other means of determining
that point only by the reports made in
the public print. but that California has
made, and is still making, strenuous and
we'll directed efforts to secure large
share of the winter travelling public,
am fully aware. When travelling in the
Northern States last summer, your cor
respondent found advertising agents for
California all about there, even in the
most Northern portions, and in little
places that would seem hardly worth the
while to- visit. When you take this ef-
fort, backed up by the fact that our
transportation lines are not willing tC
make the pro ratio reduction on either
through passenger rates or freight
Willie our nOteiS Charge eUOfDOuS rates
and every son of us Crackers who meets
Yankee deems him fat goose to bt
plucked, and you will not be slow to be
lieve that we have overdone the tourist
business, as far as charges go, and have
opened the door for the Californian &c
walk in. The note of alarm which has
been sounded by the Times Union
ls right, although it comes toe
late for this year, as next spring:
balance will show. Our transportation
ines are not treating us rightly, charg
ing US enormous passenger rates, anc
discriminating against us in the matter
OF freiehts. despite the fact that every
railroad IN the State has been furnished
wHh land sufficient to pay all the ex-
pense of building and equipping; yet tn,
products OF the F1ordlans are made {,
pay larger per cent. going North thar
Northern goods and products are comius
South. This policy is unjust and unfair
and ii persisted in will become disas-
trous to the development of the country
and the sooner it il made known an,
decried the better. 7 "pennv wise an,
pound foolish policy" may work for ,
time with satisfaction, but the time will
come when a more liberal and far seein,
action will prove the best policy afre
all. N